First art house cinema opens with heartwarming Wadjda
Zawya aims to provide a steady stream of high quality films and…
American Hustle fails to impress
The film depends on its actors too much to hide the shortcoming…
Al-Sisi’s austerity request
“Egypt’s youth is its hope; they need to give and not expect…
Israeli youth’s courage to refuse
By Dr Cesar Chelala In a letter sent to Prime Minister Benjamin…
Tourism minister expects 3m Russian tourists by end of 2014
2.4 million Russian tourists visited Egypt in 2013 and spent 23.7m tourist…
Children’s rights centre calls for protection of children in schools
Centre identified a series of violations that children were subjected to after…
Human Rights Watch, UN call on Egyptian and Sudanese authorities to protect refugees
Human Rights Watch report documents widespread rape, torture, murder and extortion against…
Electricity usage awareness campaigns to commence in May
The energy and electricity ministry aims to ration electric power consumption by…
31 million passengers used EHCAAN airports in 2013: Chairman
Holding company for Egyptian airports cites 4.8 % decline in air traffic,…